Plymouth
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Summary
Plymouth is a city[1]. Plymouth ranks in the top 2% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,054 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: City of Plymouth[3]
- Country: United Kingdom[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: River Tamar[5]
- Instance of: big city[6], civil parish[7]
- Twinned administrative body: Brest[8], Gdynia[9], San Sebastián[10], Plymouth[11], Novorossiysk[12], Sekondi-Takoradi[13]
- Postal code: PL1 – PL9, PL95[14]
- Commons category: Plymouth[15]
- Patron saint: Budoc[16]
- Located in time zone: UTC±00:00[17]
- Local dialing code: 01752[18]
- OS grid reference: SX477544[19]
- Significant event: Siege of Plymouth[20]
- Official website: https://www.plymouth.gov.uk/[21]
- Topic's main category: Category:Plymouth, Devon[22]
- Commons gallery: Plymouth[23]
- Population: 267,918[24]
- Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[25], Sytin Military Encyclopedia[26], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[27], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[28], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[29], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[30], Anglické listy[31], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[32]
- Capital of: City of Plymouth[33]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Plymouth[34]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Plymouth[35]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Plymouth, Devon[36]
- Different from: Plymouth[37]
- Elevation above sea level: 0 m[38]
- Area: 79.29 km²[39]
- History of topic: timeline of Plymouth history[40]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Plymouth include Plymouth[41], a town in the United States[42], in United States[43], founded in 1620[44]; Plymouth Company[45], a division[46], in Kingdom of England[47], founded in 1606[48], headquartered in London[49]; and Plymouth railway station[50], a railway station[51], in United Kingdom[52].
Why It Matters
Plymouth has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[53] Plymouth is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[54]
Entities named for Plymouth include Plymouth[41], a town in the United States[42], in United States[43], founded in 1620[44]; Plymouth Company[45], a division[46], in Kingdom of England[47], founded in 1606[48], headquartered in London[49]; and Plymouth railway station[50], a railway station[51], in United Kingdom[52].